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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Can Mr. Shevlin confirm the income threshold in Mayo for two adults and two children?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: However, they are excluded. Any couple with two children above €35,000 in Mayo is excluded. Is that right? That is okay. How many CPOs has Mayo County Council carried out since 2016?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: It is four or five since 2016. Can the witnesses confirm how many derelict houses there are throughout the county?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: In terms of purely derelict buildings in villages, rather than all vacant buildings, is it 9,166?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: There are 284. I am asking because I think there is great potential there, not only potential in terms of housing people who are on the waiting list but also for the revival of towns and small villages. I think our concentration needs to be there over the next 12 months or so. I also want to ask around local authority houses that are impacted by pyrite, in particular houses that are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Will people get alternative accommodation if they are in houses that are very badly impacted? Will they be offered alternative accommodation by Mayo County Council?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I completely understand that. What Mr. Gilligan is saying is that the council is dependent on the Government giving the council the resources to be able to address the situation for council tenants in Mayo who are impacted by pyrite.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (24 Jan 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 242. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has engaged with the Minster for Enterprise, Trade and Employment on the potential impact of change to company vehicle benefit-in-kind rules from 1 January 2023 on workers and businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62121/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (24 Jan 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 103. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify that a special needs assistant is not a qualifying or eligible profession for flat-rate expense allowances; the reason this is the case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3099/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: InterTradeIreland (24 Jan 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 173. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the allocation under budget 2023 for InterTradeIreland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3218/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (24 Jan 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 442. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the total allocation under the Student Assistance Fund provided to each higher education institution for the past three academic years, including 2022-2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2949/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (24 Jan 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 443. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider extending the €1,000 fee reduction to students who have moved courses and were required to pay higher fees as a result of repeating a year at undergraduate level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2950/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (24 Jan 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 444. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if plumbing apprentices who fail the colour vision test are unable to continue with the apprenticeship even if they can benefit from corrective lenses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2951/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (24 Jan 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 580. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant orthopaedic surgeons based at Mayo University Hospital in each of the years 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form. [3004/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (24 Jan 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 581. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE midwives working in the maternity department of Mayo University Hospital in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if this number will be further increased. [3005/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (24 Jan 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 582. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the number of orthodontists employed by the HSE for primary care orthodontic services in County Mayo by year from 2018 to date in 2023, in tabular form. [3006/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (24 Jan 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 583. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to open a walk-in warfarin clinic in County Mayo. [3007/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I will start by asking short questions. I am just trying to capture the demand and whether that includes HAP and RAS.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: If a couple with two children earn any more than €35,000, they are not included for either affordable housing or social housing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jan 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: When can local authority tenants who are in houses that are not fit for living in because they are impacted by pyrite expect to have alternative accommodation? Can Mr. Gilligan give us some type of a timeline?